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land is also usually taxed. Squatting on it, at least the most desired/valuable kind, has a cost.
by katbyte 4y ago
land is also usually taxed. Squatting on it, at least the most desired/valuable kind, has a cost.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoGood point.
- xref 4y agoHey at first blush I’m really liking the idea of taxing copyrights and patents, just like land. If you want to maintain them over the duration allowed you pay yearly tax, just like property. Wether it is valuable or not, wether you monetize it or not, the tax is the tax. You want the ongoing protections the legal system affords your copyright? Pay the tax. to avoid payment you can sell or renounce the copyright/patent. For random “copyrighted” content like say my blog scrawlings, it would by default be under a CC attribution license unless I paid copyright tax on the content. Ie: default open not default closed. Curious if any country does this?
- untangle 4y ago> taxing copyrights and patents It's an interesting point. I believe (chatGPT4 agrees) that taxes on IP occur via licensing deals, on transactions, and/or through registration fees. But not through anything resembling a RP wealth tax. There are probably some corner cases though.